Ayatollah Khomeini in few stages

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Akbar Ganji in Sweden

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30 years of power struggle in Iran

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Town Hall Meeting on Human Rights Abuses in Iran

The Campaign to Prosecute the Islamic Republic for Crimes Against Humanity presents: A Town Hall Meeting to Denounce Murder, Torture, Rape, and Forced Confessions in the Islamic Republic of Iran

TIME: Saturday, September 26, 2009: 9AM-4PM (doors open @ 9:00am)
PLACE: Riverside Church, South Hall, 490 Riverside Drive, NYC, NY 10027
INFORMATION: contact@akbarganji.org or (720) 317 1016

Speakers include (in English and Persian): Reza Baraheni, Hamid Dabashi, Mansour Farhang, Shahrnoush Parsipour, Ahmad Sadri, Abdolkarim Soroush, and others.

Musical Performance by Faramarz Aslani, KIOSK, and others.

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The hidden crimes

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What Ought We to Do with this Regime?

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Open Letter to UN Secretary General (2009)

Dear Mr Ban Ki-moon

Evidence shows that in the Islamic republic of Iran elections are not free, competitive or fair, and they never lead to a real transformation in the country’s political structure. Several reasons exist for this:

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On Democracy Now about mass trials and torture of prisoners

Minute 47 forward
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/10/iranian_dissident_journalist_akbar_ganji_blasts

Letter to the UNHRC about human rights violations in Iran

To: The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights

Ms. Navanethem Pillay,

The Islamic Republic of Iran has systematically and consistently denied the basic rights of the Iranian people.

This regime’s behaviour in the repression of the people of Iran is the evidence of crimes against humanity. This regime has established gender, religious, and ethnic discrimination in Iran. It is a regime that stands fundamentally opposed to thinking, to happiness, and to beauty. It is a regime that has assassinated dozens of dissident intellectuals both inside and outside the country; one that has executed many opponents and opposition figures.

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Solutions to the Problem of Gender Discrimination in Islam

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